Joseph Stalin's Propensity To Evil

There have been many horrible people throughout the course of human history. For example Joseph Stalin, who had millions of farmers killed simply because they would not follow him, which induced a nation wide famine, and continued to led a reign of terror, purges, executions, and exiles to labor camps in his years of power. It is estimated by the end of his rule he was responsible for the death of 20 million people. In addition is Hannibal who committed heinous acts in his march on Rome, and finally Adolf Hitler, who blamed Germany’s fall on the Jewish population and other undesirables and had over 11 million people systematically killed. Mankind is not taught to do evil, we are born with a propensity to do evil. It is a fundamental part of
People have a habit of placing their own lives before others. Because of this we are much more willing and able to commit acts of evil if it keeps us alive or furthers our own agenda. An example of this is Hannibal of Carthage, who crossed the Alps to march onwards to Rome. This Carthaginian general was obsessed with completing the task given to him by his father to destroy Rome, and he devoted his life to it. If a henchmen deserted him, he would have the man’s wife and children burned to death to dissuade others from leaving. A horrible, but efficient way of keeping his soldiers with him. This helps to show how mankind’s selfishness can cause us to go to extreme measures to fulfill our desires or to save our own
What takes someone's ability and tendency to do evil, and actually causes them to do something truly horrific? While this does somewhat rely on a person’s upbringing, some scientist say that there are certain genetics involved that cause some people to be more prone to doing bad things. Furthermore, statistics show that the vast majority of psychopaths are males, and only a very small percent are females. Also a lack of empathy, from a neglect or abuse filled childhood also causes a person to be able to do something horrid, and have no regret for their actions. In the end everyone has the capacity to do evil, and everyone has a tendency to do it, even if it’s not mass murder, because no one is a perfectly good person with a perfect childhood. Everyone is born able to do bad things, and they will, the severity will differ from one person to another, but everyone does something horrible at some point. All it takes is the right conditions to bring out the worst in